142104 UE Philosophical Analysis and Meditative Practice in Late Indian Buddhism (2020W)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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- Anmeldung von Sa 01.08.2020 08:00 bis Mo 14.09.2020 10:00
- Abmeldung bis Sa 31.10.2020 23:59
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max. 24 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
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Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Donnerstag
05.11.
16:00 - 18:00
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Donnerstag
12.11.
16:00 - 18:00
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19.11.
16:00 - 18:00
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26.11.
16:00 - 18:00
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03.12.
16:00 - 18:00
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10.12.
16:00 - 18:00
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17.12.
16:00 - 18:00
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07.01.
16:00 - 18:00
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14.01.
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21.01.
16:00 - 18:00
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28.01.
16:00 - 18:00
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Course content: This course treats the relationship between philosophical analysis and meditative practice in late Indian Buddhism, by focusing on a close reading of one particular text and placing it in a wider historical, intellectual and religious context. The text in question is a commentary on a sūtra called Avikalpapraveśadhāraṇī by the eighth century monastic scholar-philosopher Kamalaśīla (c. 740–795). The sūtra teaches how the Bodhisattva is to enter a specific meditative state called non-conceptual gnosis (nirvikalpajñāna) whose attainment marks a practitioner’s first direct experience of the true nature of reality. The sūtra became subject to controversial interpretations and is linked with what is often called the debate of Samye (Bsam yas), a verbal confrontation between representatives of Indo-Tibetan and Sino-Tibetan currents of Buddhism in imperial Tibet that reportedly culminated in a public debate at Samye monastery. Kamalaśīla insists that conceptual analysis – with the help of logical inference – is required and thus regards philosophical reasoning as conducive to liberation, while his opponents deny this. The controversy, and Kamalaśīla’s position within it, lead to further questions as regards what precisely counts as spiritual practice, and the function of different meditative techniques on the path. In addition to textual reading and analysis, we will explore the larger issues at stake and also critically review recent scholarly controversies on these (such as: the points of contention in the Samye debate, as well as the conception of Buddhist philosophy as a kind of spiritual practice and/or as a form of apologetic discourse).This course will be held simultaneously at the Universities of Vienna and Heidelberg (online). Course languages are English and German (depending on participants’ linguistic skills). Owing to the different term schedules of the two universities, the first session takes place on November 5th and the final session on January 28th. Each session lasts 120 minutes. (One additional session will be flexibly scheduled with the participants.)
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Assessment criteria:
Vienna: In Vienna the course is an “Übung” and “prüfungsimmanent”. Students are required to participate actively by reading assigned literature, preparing written annotated translations from the Tibetan and/or Sanskrit, and participate in course discussions.
Heidelberg: In Heidelberg the course is a “Seminar”. In addition to meeting the Vienna criteria, Heidelberg students are also required to write a term paper (15 pages plus bibliography). Heidelberg students are requested to register by e-mail until 20 October 2020 at the latest (birgit.kellner@oeaw.ac.at).
Vienna: In Vienna the course is an “Übung” and “prüfungsimmanent”. Students are required to participate actively by reading assigned literature, preparing written annotated translations from the Tibetan and/or Sanskrit, and participate in course discussions.
Heidelberg: In Heidelberg the course is a “Seminar”. In addition to meeting the Vienna criteria, Heidelberg students are also required to write a term paper (15 pages plus bibliography). Heidelberg students are requested to register by e-mail until 20 October 2020 at the latest (birgit.kellner@oeaw.ac.at).
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
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Literatur
Select literature:
Adam 2016 Martin Adam: “Philosophy, Meditation, and Experience in the Great Debate at Bsam yas.” Journal of the International Association for Buddhist Studies 39 (2016) 351–374.
APDhṬt Avikalpapraveśadhāraṇīṭīkā (Kamalaśīla). Tibetan translation: ’Phags pa rnam par mi rtog par ’jug pa’i gzungs kyi rgya cher ’grel pa, tr. Jinamitra, Dānaśīla and Dpal brtsegs rakṣi ta. D 4000 Ji
123a3–145b5, P 5501 Ji 146b6–174b1, N 3492 Ji 145a4–171a2, C Ji 123a2–145b5, G Ji 178b1–212b6.
Eltschinger 2009 Vincent Eltschinger: “On the Career and the Cognition of Yogins.” In: Eli Franco in collaboration with Dagmar Eigner (ed.): Yogic Perception, Meditation and Altered States of Consciousness. Wien 2009: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 171–215.
Eltschinger 2014 Vincent Eltschinger: Buddhist Epistemology as Apologetics. Wien 2014: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Gómez 1987 Gómez, Luis O.: “Indian materials on the doctrine of sudden enlightenment”. In: Lai, Whalen & Lewis R. Lancaster (ed.): Early Ch’an in China and Tibet. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 393–434.
Higgins 2006 David Higgins: “On the development of the non-mentation (amanasikāra) doctrine in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 29/2 (2006): 255–303.
Kapstein 2013 Matthew Kapstein: “‘Spiritual Exercise’ and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet”. In: Steven M. Emmanuel (ed.): A companion to Buddhist philosophy. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 270–289.
Matsuda 1996 Kazunobu Matsuda: “Nirvikalpapraveśadhāraṇī: Sanskrit text and Japanese translation.” Bulletin of the Research Institute of Bukkyō University 3, 89–113.
McClintock 2010 Sara McClintock: Omniscience and the Rhetoric of Reason. Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla on Rationality, Argumentation and Religious Authority. Boston 2010: Wisdom Publications.
Seyffort Ruegg 1989 David Seyffort Ruegg: Buddha-nature, Mind and the Problem of Gradualism in a Comparative Perspective: On the Transmission and Reception of Buddhism in India and Tibet. London 1989: School of Oriental and African Studies.
Tillemans 2013 Tom J. F. Tillemans: “Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment : The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate.” In: Steven M. Emmanuel (ed.): A companion to Buddhist philosophy. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 290–306.
Adam 2016 Martin Adam: “Philosophy, Meditation, and Experience in the Great Debate at Bsam yas.” Journal of the International Association for Buddhist Studies 39 (2016) 351–374.
APDhṬt Avikalpapraveśadhāraṇīṭīkā (Kamalaśīla). Tibetan translation: ’Phags pa rnam par mi rtog par ’jug pa’i gzungs kyi rgya cher ’grel pa, tr. Jinamitra, Dānaśīla and Dpal brtsegs rakṣi ta. D 4000 Ji
123a3–145b5, P 5501 Ji 146b6–174b1, N 3492 Ji 145a4–171a2, C Ji 123a2–145b5, G Ji 178b1–212b6.
Eltschinger 2009 Vincent Eltschinger: “On the Career and the Cognition of Yogins.” In: Eli Franco in collaboration with Dagmar Eigner (ed.): Yogic Perception, Meditation and Altered States of Consciousness. Wien 2009: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 171–215.
Eltschinger 2014 Vincent Eltschinger: Buddhist Epistemology as Apologetics. Wien 2014: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Gómez 1987 Gómez, Luis O.: “Indian materials on the doctrine of sudden enlightenment”. In: Lai, Whalen & Lewis R. Lancaster (ed.): Early Ch’an in China and Tibet. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 393–434.
Higgins 2006 David Higgins: “On the development of the non-mentation (amanasikāra) doctrine in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 29/2 (2006): 255–303.
Kapstein 2013 Matthew Kapstein: “‘Spiritual Exercise’ and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet”. In: Steven M. Emmanuel (ed.): A companion to Buddhist philosophy. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 270–289.
Matsuda 1996 Kazunobu Matsuda: “Nirvikalpapraveśadhāraṇī: Sanskrit text and Japanese translation.” Bulletin of the Research Institute of Bukkyō University 3, 89–113.
McClintock 2010 Sara McClintock: Omniscience and the Rhetoric of Reason. Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla on Rationality, Argumentation and Religious Authority. Boston 2010: Wisdom Publications.
Seyffort Ruegg 1989 David Seyffort Ruegg: Buddha-nature, Mind and the Problem of Gradualism in a Comparative Perspective: On the Transmission and Reception of Buddhism in India and Tibet. London 1989: School of Oriental and African Studies.
Tillemans 2013 Tom J. F. Tillemans: “Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment : The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate.” In: Steven M. Emmanuel (ed.): A companion to Buddhist philosophy. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 290–306.
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Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:17